Surprisingly Low Data Usage

I've been using my 9700 for two weeks and am suprised by the low data usage, as tallied by my carrier. There are three 2 or 3 MB entries, but many days acivity is listed as zero. These days are generally, but not exclusively, email only. Total usage is 8.5 MB.

Most data I can remember using in a month was about 135mb. Super data efficient platform... Allows you to take advantage of some of the lower priced data plans without having to change you're usage habits.

I use my phone a lot more than my wife due to our work...I sit on arse all day, while she is moving all around, all day...guess who uses more data?

Mytouch3G she has and she beats me every month...and she knows I am constantly on it...is actually a running joke with her...she always gives me ish about how much I am on my phone...till I show her the bill, with data usuage...shuts her right up, but I refuse to tell her about the compression, haha!

I never used less than 500mb/mo when I had my BB. Granted that was with some streaming video, music and such. I use a ton more data on my Android because it will load full webpages (not mobile ones) in the same time my Tour would load mobile pages, so I never use mobile websites when I can avoid it.

Compression helps reduce usage without a doubr, but there are definitely other reasons for other devices using so much more data also...

Big plus to blackberry usage. Low data use. Iod and ndroid suck data like its water! So with my plan 500Mb with Rogers I van tether by using the desktop software. Didn't ncur extra charges. Which I thought would happen. Sweet!

Big plus to blackberry usage. Low data use. Iod and ndroid suck data like its water! So with my plan 500Mb with Rogers I van tether by using the desktop software. Didn't ncur extra charges. Which I thought would happen. Sweet!

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

You're just saving all that data by omitting letters from your posts, not due to compression or anything... haha JK

yeah, I know right! When I first got my bb I got the 2gb Data plan thinking I would use it up fast and I was halfway through the month and I've only use 25mb haha so I switched to a lower Data plan and it ended up saving me money :3

I use about 150MB a month including around 10-20 webpages daily, tethering for a meeting for about half an hour a week, and tons of apps that use data, and I don't think much before downloading an app over 3G vs. WiFi! My friend with the iPhone 4 uses about the same amount as me, but pretty much only uses it for FaceBook and the occasional app...